Chu Tianle was born twenty years after Hawking's death. A black humor says that Hawking's soul wandered in the underworld for twenty years before choosing this ideal reincarnated spirit child - a high IQ and a terminally ill body. For such flesh is a strong cage in which the fire of genius can be enclosed and burned to its fullest extent.

Tianle did burn out the genius in his life, even after he abandoned his body. That's for another time.

——Excerpt from "A Hundred Years of Collecting Shellfish", written by Yu Leshui

1

When he was seven years old, Chu Tianle followed his mother to the Jade Emperor Peak in Baotianman Mountain, where Mr. Ma lived. After arriving here, the mother and son learned that Mr. Ma already had a nanny, a nearby mountain aunt, and she was the one who picked up the mother and son at the intersection. Tianle's mother didn't expect that she had taken on someone else's job, she was very guilty, her face was red, and she almost didn't dare to look into the other party's eyes. The aunt was a cheerful person, and smiled and comforted:

"It's okay, it's okay, your baby is pitiful, and the old horse is blessed and does good. I can do this job or not, and I'm going to go home and pick up my grandson. ”

She made a simple handover, introduced how to use several electrical appliances in the kitchen, and how to go down the mountain to buy daily necessities, and hurried away. Tianle's mother put down the package, let her son rest on the nanny's bed, and immediately went to the kitchen to cook dinner.

Mr. Ma is a kind man, smiling all day long, although he came to the mountains to live in seclusion after a catastrophe, but the spiritual drama has been repaired in time, at least on the surface. He had to go to the observatory at the top of the mountain every night to observe the starry sky, but he didn't go this night, he had dinner with his mother and son, and instructed Tianle's mother to add a folding bed in the nanny's bedroom. He said that today you are tired, so rest early. Chu Tianle was really tired after trekking more than ten miles of mountain roads, and he lay down on the bed and fell asleep quickly. When he woke up, it was already after midnight, but his mother hadn't slept yet, she sat on the folding bed, stared out the window, and muttered a prayer: God forbid, God forbid.

Seven-year-old Chu Tianle couldn't fully understand his mother's mood, but he kept this scene firmly in his heart. At that time, Mom was dazzled by the sudden Lucky Yao, and she was very afraid of losing it, for fear that she would wake up and find that it was just a dream of Nan Ke.

In the first few days of arriving at his new home, Chu Tianle was still in a state of self-isolation, he basically didn't speak, silently watching the mountain scenery during the day, and quietly watching the stars at night. Mr. Ma didn't bother him, but was apparently quietly watching him. On the fourth day, Mr. Ma said, "I'll take you on a tour of the mountains today." Tianle's mother asked worriedly: Are your legs okay? Mr. Ma said, "It's okay, I'm used to it. Besides, we don't have to rush to the road, just rest when we're tired. Let's just bring dry food for lunch. ”

Mr. Ma led them for a leisurely stroll. The scenery here is intoxicating, the mountain road is surrounded by a mountain stream with abundant water, and the trunks of thousand-year-old trees are covered with vines and water droplets. It is said that there are many species of animals in this primeval forest area, such as leopards, golden eagles, red-crowned cranes, pangolins, forest musk deer, ocelots, otters, etc., but most of them are not seen, except for the occasional golden eagle gliding across the blue sky with its wings outstretched, or a squirrel poking its head through the branches and leaves. Opposite the mountain stream is often an axe-like cliff with a mixed tree in the rock crevices. Mr. Ma pointed to the trees and said with emotion, "Think about how those trees survived? A seed fell into a crevice in a cliff by rare chance, probably just in time for a rain, and it sprouted and took root in the thin soil. So it survived until it grew strong and strong, and cracked the rock with its thick roots. That's how tenacity is life. ”

There is also a unique scenery here: there is a thin spring hanging on the mountain, which accumulates into a pool when it hits the recess; Then it becomes a thin stream of clear water, and then a pool of water accumulates again, and so on, like a bunch of gourds on a long vine. The three of them watched from the bottom up, following this string of gourds. The pool is all stone-bottomed, the water is unusually clear, cold and cold, and there are almost no aquatic plants or algae in the water, but there are always twenty or thirty small fish. The fish have translucent bodies that resemble small willow leaves, and they hang in clear water as if they are swimming in the void. Chu Tianle sprinkled a few grains of steamed bread crumbs on the surface of the water, and the little fish immediately rushed over like lightning to devour them, it seemed that they had been hungry for a long time. Mr. Ma said: "This small fish is called willow leaf fish locally, and I have not found its scientific name. With such clear water, almost no food, and low temperatures, how did they survive? But no matter what, they survived for generations. ”

Climbing further up, almost to the top of the mountain, there is still a pool of water with a stream of water, and there are still lively small fish in the pool. However, overlooking the vines connected to each pool, there are many slender and turbulent waterfalls, and in any case, the fish at the bottom of the mountain cannot jump up one step at a time using the method of "carp jumping over the dragon gate". So, where did the willow leaf fish in the hilltop pool come from? Fly up on your own? Picked up by a bird? Or did God scatter it on the top of the mountain when he opened the heavens and the earth? Mr. Ma said he didn't know either, but it was a natural reality anyway. He sighed again, life is so tenacious.

Although the seven-year-old Chu Tianle was silent and autistic, he actually had a delicate mind, and he knew that Mr. Ma's repeated praise of "tenacity of life" today was all for him, and these observations did shake his long-corroded heart. After dinner that day, Mr. Ma called Tianle's mother to his bedroom, closed the door, and talked quietly for a long time. Then they came out and led Chu Tianle to sit down at the stone table in the courtyard. Chu Tianle realized that he was going to face an important conversation, because his mother was obviously very nervous, her eyes dodging, and she did not dare to make eye contact with her son. Afterwards, Chu Tianle knew that after Mr. Ma's repeated persuasion, his mother reluctantly agreed to tell her son frankly about her illness, and she was very worried that her son would not be able to bear such a heavy blow and would collapse all of a sudden. At this moment, Mr. Ma smiled, encouraged the mother again with his eyes, and said to Tianle gently:

"Tianle, you are already seven years old, you can be regarded as a little adult, you must have the courage to listen to me tell the truth about your condition. Right? ”

At that time, Chu Tianle was actually very conflicted, and he was afraid to know the truth about his illness, and he was eager to know. He nodded, and only said one word: "Hmm." ”

But Mr. Ma didn't talk about his illness immediately, but talked very far: "Tianle, as long as thousands of living beings in the world are born, they will fall into one prison after another that they cannot escape. Fish can't do without water, and water is their prison; Animals and birds cannot do without air, and air is their prison; None of the creatures can escape the Earth, gravity is their prison. There is also the largest and strongest prison in the world, which governs all living beings, and no one can escape, not even human beings, who are the spirits of all things. What is it? The prison of life, the prison of death. Everyone is going to die, whether he is an emperor or a president, a Buddha or a Laozi. No method, whether it was the magic of the ancients or modern technology, could make people escape from it. Human life expectancy is long and short, years, decades, more than a hundred years, maybe tomorrow's science can make people live a thousand years, or even ten thousand years, but in the end, those who will die, there will be life and death, this is the hardest iron law set by God, there is no exception in the world. Even not only living beings will die, but even our sun and earth, even the galaxy, and even the entire universe will eventually die. ”

That was the first time Chu Tianle had heard that the universe would also die, and he asked in surprise, "The universe will die?" ”

Mom couldn't help but interject: "Mr. Ma, did you say that the sky will fall?" ”

"That's right. The ancients once thought that the heavens and the earth lasted forever, and even the great Albert Einstein believed that the universe was static and eternal, but since the American astronomer Hubble discovered that the universe expanded, the eternal universe has ended. Although the scientific community has not yet decided how exactly the sky will 'fall', there is no doubt that it will eventually collapse. He sighed, "It's frustrating to know that. Think about it, since everyone is destined to die, even humanity and the universe are destined to perish, what is the point of people living a miserable life? It's really not interesting, you live one more day, it's just one more step towards the grave. Therefore, one of the wisest people in the world has seen it completely and does not want to suffer in the world. As long as the child of this nation is born, his parents will strangle him to death with their own hands. That's the smart thing to do, and I admire them a lot. ”

These words were so unbelievable that Chu Tianle and his mother both stared at each other in surprise. However, Tianle immediately found a hidden smile on Uncle Ma's lips, and shouted proudly:

"You're a liar! There are no such stupid parents in the world! Besides, if we did this, that nation would have been extinct a long time ago, and it wouldn't last for a hundred years at most! ”

Mom looked at her son in surprise, because he had never said so many words since he fell into autism, let alone such excitement. Mr. Ma smiled and asked:

"Are you sure so?"

"Of course it is!"

"Haha, that's right!" Mr. Ma laughed loudly, and the laughter vibrated vigorously in the night sky. In the future, Chu Tianle often heard Uncle Ma's extremely infectious laughter, and listening to such laughter, no matter what sorrow he had, he would be driven away. Tianle also vented the depression in his heart in the shouting just now, and unconsciously walked out of the autistic state and regained his cheerful nature. Uncle Ma said solemnly: "Tianle, since you understand this reason, why do you want me to bother?" This principle is: although life is inevitable to die, but still have to live, and to live is to live happily, happily, and tastefully, not in vain to come to this world, otherwise you will be the world's biggest fool. You're right? ”

Chu Tianle nodded vigorously, "Yes." ”

"It's time to talk about you, Chu Tianle. You are more unfortunate than the average person and have a terminal illness called progressive muscular dystrophy. "He calmly presented everything he knew about the disease, without hiding or downplaying it at all. Tianle's mother had tears in her eyes, holding her son's arm trembling slightly, Uncle Ma glanced at her, and still said calmly, "I have been checking on the Internet these days, and I have also asked friends to inquire at home and abroad, and it is a pity that there has been no breakthrough in the treatment of this disease." The most deeply researched is Mr. Duan Tongsheng, a Chinese-American scientist who has used a gene therapy, which has made great progress, but cannot be used in clinical practice. Child, now that I have told you all the truth, what do you say? It's to learn from that smart nation and let your mother strangle you immediately; Or do you want to continue to live, and live to the fullest? Want to live like a tree in the crevices of a cliff or a willow fish in a waterhole on the top of a mountain? ”

Chu Tianle had actually guessed eight or nine points for this cruel truth, but his mother had been trying her best to hide it, and he also held on to the hope of what happened, and he avoided it in his heart and was unwilling to face it. But today Uncle Ma ruthlessly crushed his escape, which is like removing a dry bandage from a scar, and the more careful he is, the more painful it becomes; simply tore it off with a ruthless heart, and the sharp pain for a moment made people's eyes black, but after the pain, the heart was cool. Uncle Ma looked at him with a smile, and Mom stared at him nervously. Chu Tianle didn't answer immediately, looking back at the overflowing green outside the courtyard, a fresh hope suddenly surged in his heart. All these years of running around and fearing, in fact, he has been bored. He longed for a new life, a life of clarity and peace, even if he knew in advance what day death would come. What underpins him is a very simple thought: since everyone is going to die, then for me it is just a matter of bringing that date forward a little bit, so why worry about it all day? Thinking of this, he had a feeling of enlightenment.

So Chu Tianle turned around and nodded vigorously at his uncle and mother, and everything was silent. Mom put down her hanging heart and looked at Mr. Ma happily. Mr. Ma was also very pleased. He observed the child for a few days and felt that he could face the truth, and that only this "pain shock therapy" could arouse his desire to live. Now, the course of events confirms his judgment. He smiled and said:

"That's right, that's right. You must live happily and happily, worthy of the good name given by your parents - Tianle, God gives happiness to every living being. ”

He made arrangements for the mother and son in the future, saying that since no effective treatment has been found for the time being, they should not run around. He will ask people to inquire and inquire on the Internet at any time, and once there is a breakthrough in medicine, he will send Tianle to treatment, even if it is abroad, and all the expenses will be raised by him. Before that, the mother and son could stay here, Tianle's mother did the housework, and Tianle played at will. If he wants to learn, he can teach cultural classes, "We're one-on-one!" And I am confident that I am a good teacher, how can the students of the school enjoy such a luxury. He smiled and said, "Of course, if you don't want to learn, you don't have to force it." To put it mildly, in fact, being able to predict the date of death is also an advantage, and you can follow the call of your heart and live a little more freely. At the very least, there is no need to suffer from a rigid education system. ”

He also said that in fact, he prepared one of the most tempting ways for Tianle: observing the stars. It is a dazzling treasure cave, as long as you walk in, no one will want to come out, and more than ten years is not enough to pass it. He himself liked the vast starry sky since he was a child, but he has been working hard in the mall, and only after losing his family and left leg did he "wake up" and say goodbye to the world and come to the mountains to regain the love of his heart. Of course, the hard work of the mall provided the funds for the construction of a private observatory, which is also indispensable. He added with a smile.

The mother and son stayed in this way and started a new life satisfied. My mother did her best to take care of the housework, serving the two disabled people, cultivating vegetables, feeding chickens and pigs, picking game in the forest, making friends with the sister-in-law of the mountain people, and learning to look up medical information on the Internet. Her life was comfortable, and more importantly, her heart was no longer "open", so the haggard faded at an alarming rate, her lips soon became bloody, she became plump, and she regained the demeanor of a young woman in her thirties.

Chu Tianle has been very "vicissitudes" in the tribulations of the past few years, and now he has regained his childlike innocence. Despite his faltering steps, he still played in the mountains and forests with great interest, leaving early and returning late, mad to the point of darkness. A few falls are inevitable on any day, but it doesn't affect his fun. He hadn't forgotten the time of his death more than a decade later, but with that head-to-head encounter with death, he really didn't care about it anymore.

Time passed, and Uncle Ma also became his godfather. The godfather said that he would teach him to observe astronomy, but instead of letting him immediately engage in boring observations, he first told all kinds of interesting astronomical knowledge and stories to cultivate a child's interest. After that, when Chu Tianle was really obsessed with astronomy, he knew that his godfather's approach was too clever. At night, the lights are often not turned on at home, and the lights of the scenic spot under your feet are also hidden under the thick fog, so you are immersed in absolute darkness for hundreds of miles. The stars and moon in the sky are very bright, and they seem to be able to reach out and pick them up, and they have the artistic conception of "not daring to speak loudly, for fear of frightening the people in the sky". The three of them sat in the courtyard, and the godfather pointed out to Chu Tianle the Milky Way lying in the sky, identified several planets - metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, and pointed out the famous winter bright star triangle, the king star Xuanyuan XIV on the ecliptic, the M42 Orion Nebula, the M31 Andromeda Galaxy, the M45 Pleiades (commonly known as the Seven Sisters), the Cygnus, which is often used to test the ability of telescopes β visual binary stars, etc. In this way, it seems that the basic knowledge of astronomy is poured into Tianle's mind without intention. Godfather Says:

"As I said last time, life cannot escape the cage of lifespan, but in fact, there are many cages on human beings, such as the cage of gravity, the cage of the terrible astronomical distance plus the limit of the speed of light, and so on. In ancient times, human beings were like prisoners in a desert island castle, unable to leave the cage for the rest of their lives, not only did they not know the outside world, but they could not even see the appearance of their own castle. They could only peer through the bars and with their poor naked eyesight, peering into the vast starry sky. Later, people invented telescopes, invented rockets, and through generations of efforts, they finally got a glimpse of some secrets of the universe, such as knowing that our Milky Way is a vortex galaxy, and the sun is located on the Orion spiral arm of the Milky Way, which is 27,000 light-years away from the constellation Sagitt α arius in the silver heart; I know that the sun is revolving around the center of the galaxy with the solar system, and it is enough to make a circle in 250 million years; I learned about the structure of the universe at various levels, from the Milky Way to the local galaxy group, the local supercluster, the total galaxy, and so on. In 1825, the French philosopher Comte asserted that it was impossible for mankind to gain knowledge about the chemical composition of stars. He was right at the time, how could humans go on a scorching star to take samples, even if they went in a spaceship, and burned them halfway through. But just over 30 years later, human beings invented celestial spectroscopy, which decomposes stellar light into a continuous spectrum through telescopes and beamsplitters, takes pictures of the spectrum and studies it, and compares the spectral lines of various elements to obtain the chemical composition of stars. ”

"The expansion of the universe discovered in the 20s of the last century is the greatest discovery in the history of astronomy, and one of the greatest discoveries in the whole field of science, no less than evolution, Newtonian mechanics, relativity and quantum mechanics. In 1914, astronomer Shriver was the first to discover the redshift phenomenon of stellar spectral maps, that is, the spectral lines of many nebulae are shifted to the red end of the spectral map, which means that the stars are moving away from us according to the Doppler effect in physics. This discovery confuses Shrufer - you know, despite the slight movement of the planetary stars, the universe as a whole has always been stationary. It is a pity that he was keenly aware of the redshift phenomenon, but did not achieve a theoretical breakthrough. Later, after studying Cepheid variables, Hubble figured out the approximate distances of dozens of galaxies, and he combined the galaxy distances and Shriver's spectral redshifts into a coordinate map, and then drew a straight line among dozens of dots like clouds, and obtained the great law - the speed of the redshift of galaxies is proportional to the distance. This means that the universe is like an expanding cake, with raisins (stars) embedded in it all retreating into the distance, fleeing each other at a rapid pace, and the farther away they are, the greater the relative regression.

"Let me tell you, don't look at me long past the age of the Ha Xing clan, I have always been the hardcore Ha Xing clan of Hubble!" Although there was only starlight in the courtyard, Chu Tianle could still see his godfather's eyebrows dancing. "As the greatest astronomer, Hubble had a super-intuitive sense of truth. He did not produce very good spectral negatives, nor was he a good observer, and the information he had was far from abundant. But he can always pass through the labyrinth of chaotic observational data, follow the shortest shortcut, and follow the shortest shortcut, step by step to the simplest truth. However, scientists who are good at 'complex reasoning' and obsessed with 'objectivity' often pass by the truth. Hubble was not even just a scientist, he was a philosopher, he was a religious prophet. Do you think, since this discovery, the still, immortal universe, even with the throne of God, has been subverted by him, with his own strength, with just a rough and messy coordinate map! It can be said that since this day, human beings have only passed through childhood and grown up. ”

The godfather spoke very passionately, Chu Tianle and his mother listened very energetically, and in the hazy starlight, Chu Tianle saw his mother and godfather sitting intimately next to each other. Nine-year-old Tianle happily announced:

"Mom, godfather, I'm going to change my name! I'm going to change the name to Chuhab. Do you know what that means? You two can't think of it. This word 'Ha' is a dual-purpose, that is, 'Ha' Hubble, is the Hubble of the Hubble family! ”

The godfather laughed loudly, and the mother laughed too. Mom said the name was too weird, and Godfather said it was a good name. Later, this really became Chu Tianle's unofficial name. Especially when the godfather knows enough about his smart brain, he often touches his head affectionately, "Little Hubble, what weird ideas do you have?" ”

Soon after entering the mountain, his godfather led him into his private observatory. On those nights, the godfather greatly adjusted the angle of the telescope, allowing Chu Tianle to enjoy the most "beautiful" stars in the starry sky "overnight". In the 36-inch field, he could clearly see the moon with its craters, Venus covered with clouds, Jupiter with its wild strips and great red spots, and Saturn with its beautiful rings. The godfather pointed out for him the famous stars in the northern constellation of the summer night: Vega in the constellation Lyra and the Cowherd in the constellation Aquila, these two stars are the most familiar to the Chinese; The serpent and ophimp signs are like a giant hunting a python; There is a famous star in Scorpio like a scorpion called Antares, also known as fire, the ancients used it to determine the seasons, and the Book of Songs said that "fire flows in July, and clothes are given in September", and fire refers to it. Further east, there are six stars in the constellation Sagittarius, and there are many large nebulae in the constellation Sagittarius, and the core of the Milky Way is in this direction. Of course, it is indispensable for him to see the most famous constellation of Ursa Major (with the naked eye), in summer, this spoon hangs high in the sky, and the bucket handle points south from the top of the head, the so-called "bucket handle guide, the world is summer". The Big Dipper also has a beautiful "windmill", the vortex galaxy MlOI, with bright blue spiral arms around the orange center, which has played an important role in astronomers measuring galactic distances.

Tianle was captivated from the moment he leaned down in front of the eyepiece. Chu Tianle later concluded that there were actually three "new births" in his life, the birth of the physical body was the first, the godfather tore open the cocoon of self-isolation for him for the second time, and the third time he became attached to the starry sky. Since he first walked into the observatory, what he has hoped for most every day is that it will get dark as soon as possible, and that it will never be cloudy.

There are walls full of books in my godfather's house, and Chu Tianle is hungry and thirsty for study. With his godfather to guide the way, coupled with his own high IQ, he learned very easily. By the age of eleven, he was already reading treatises on astrophysics and cosmology while studying high school courses. He found that cosmologists are all big boys, and many hypotheses are the wild fantasies of big boys, such as the skyrocketing universe, the multiverse, the anthrographic universe, etc., and it is not difficult to understand these with an eleven-year-old brain, but they are very in tune, very resonant, and a little bit of a feeling of seeing each other late. Godfather is right, in all cosmologists, regardless of school, "the universe will die" is already a common-sense concept. The so-called "cosmology" is the study of how the universe is born and how it dies. And here we are not only talking about "physical (material) death", but also "soul (informational death)". Thousands of living beings in nature, and even the entire human civilization (science, feelings, faith, wisdom, consciousness...... And so on), at the root of this, is nothing more than the construction, maintenance and transmission of information, but when "our universe" perishes, all information will dissolve in chaos, and there will be no trace left in "another universe". So, what's the point of studying and understanding the universe? Human beings climbed step by step with difficulty, and finally approached the final truth, but at the last moment of the collapse of the universe, it was all over with a bang! But cosmologists don't care about this, they are still studying tirelessly, for example, there is a strange old American man named Wheeler among cosmologists, that is, the cosmologist who said that the universe is "simple and wonderful", and the most concerned thing is that the universe has several ways to die, which is simply perverted.

After Chu Tianle's thinking reached this level, he looked down on his terminal illness even more.

Wandering through these "elf-weird" theories, his own "weird questions" are endless, and these childish silly questions often stump the godfather, because the simplest questions are often the hardest to answer. The godfather said to Tianle's mother: "This little thing's brain is like a kaleidoscope, and a new idea will pop up with a casual pull, and I, an astronomer with half a bottle of vinegar, can't cope with it." ”

One winter night, tired of looking through the binoculars, they leaned out of the gap in the roof and looked directly at the sky with the naked eye. The starry sky is particularly bright on winter nights, with famous bright stars such as Betelgeuse and Betelgeuse in Orion, Sirius in Canis Major, Aldebaran in Taurus, and North River II and North River III in Gemini. That night, Chu Tianle had the most "weird questions", as if they were strings of bubbles emerging from the depths of the dark blue starry sky. He asked his godfather:

"When the universe expands, don't celestial bodies expand? In other words, if the heavens swell, doesn't the ruler that measures the heavens swell? ”

"Celestial bodies that do not expand, and are bound by gravity, do not participate in expansion."

"What about gas stars? What about nebulae, which are almost as thin as a vacuum? Isn't the space 'sandwiched' between these rarefied particles expanding? Material structure and space are inseparable. ”

The godfather thought for a while and said frankly: "I can't answer this question." Cosmology is a very young discipline in the first place, and no one has considered the expansion of space so much. ”

Chu Tianle jumped to another question: "Godfather, when the universe expands, does the speed of light change?" ”

"The speed of light does not change, but light is 'dragged along' by the expanding space. For example, the universe inflation stage from 10-36

seconds start, to 10-34

In seconds, the size of the universe expanded by 1043

It is isotropic today, but according to the principle of locality of the world, there can be no faster-than-light causality. So in this 10-34

In seconds, the light signal must be transmitted to all regions of the small universe in order to create the isotropy of the universe. But this is far beyond what can be achieved at the 'normal speed of light'. ”

"Is it possible to say that when the universe is expanding, light becomes faster; When the expansion stops, the light returns to normal, and it has to be spent on the actual distance after expansion and the 'normal speed' of the light. Right? ”

The godfather smiled and said: "It's okay to say this, just like we are used to saying that the sun rises and sets around the earth, but in essence, it is still the rotation of the earth." ”

Tianle jumped to another question: "Godfather, the 'particle soup' during the Big Bang will become thinner as the space expands, but what about the space itself?" Is the space itself becoming 'sparse'? ”

"Space is just a vacuum, and it doesn't matter if the vacuum is sparse or not......"

Chu Tianle immediately retorted: "Godfather, you're not right!" ”

The godfather teased him: "What's wrong?" Let's talk about it. ”

"The vacuum is not empty. Vacuum can constantly produce virtual particle pairs due to quantum fluctuations, such as electron-positron pairs, quark-antiquark pairs, and they may be converted into real particles; The vacuum will bend in the gravitational field, and the bending space will produce virtual particle pairs. Dirac also said that when the universe expands, more pairs of negative electrons are produced; Vacuum has vacuum energy, that is, zero point energy, and its density does not change with the expansion of the universe, so the final outcome of the expansion of the universe may make the universe dominated by radiation to matter and then converted to vacuum energy. Vacuum has impedance, which is closely related to the speed of light. There are a finite, fleeting number of particles per unit space in a vacuum, and the vacuum impedance is related to the square of the number of charges of the particles, not to the mass of the particles. He quoted a lot of scriptures, and then said, "Daddy, these are proven facts or strong hypotheses, and they all imply that the vacuum has a deep structure. As long as there is a deep structure, it should be 'sparse' as it expands – of course, to say that it is 'sparse' is just an intuitive metaphor. But in any case, I think there are three points: 1. Space, like matter, is also a physical reality; 2. It has a deep structure; 3. The macroscopic expansion and contraction of space will be manifested in the microstructure. Some people say that space is only a property of matter, just like 'sharpness' is only a property of a blade, and I don't agree with this statement. I think it's too nihilistic. ”

The godfather was a little surprised that Tianle could blurt out these three views on the vacuum, regardless of whether they were right or wrong, at least it showed that the child had thought about it seriously. He thought about it for a while, and finally shook his head and said:

"My little Hubble, I can't answer this question, and I'm afraid no scientist can give a definite answer at the moment. As far as I know, human beings' understanding of space or vacuum is only a superficial description of its external state, and does not go deep into the essence. Perhaps the next big breakthrough in physics is the true understanding of the vacuum. ”

Chu Tianle was quiet for a moment, the starlight flickered in his eyes, and the water vapor emitted by the two of them condensed into a cloud of white mist in the cold night sky. Everything is quiet, and the world seems to be far away. Godfather Says:

"You've asked so many questions, and I find you most interested in vacuum."

"That's right. After reading so many books, what I don't understand the most is the essence of vacuum. I think this shows that it needs to be recognized, because godfather you said that the truth of the universe is often the simplest. ”

"Good! Study it well, and in the future come up with a Chuhab theorem about vacuum, which will be ranked after Hubble's theorem in future astronomical monographs. "Daddy rubbed his hands and ears." It's too cold outside, so let's go down. ”

In this winter night chat, the godfather has a deeper understanding of Tianle's "ghost spirit". Although this kid's thinking is still naïve, it is not routine, unlike the students who are fed by cramming at school, who are often framed by the box of "classic answers". He also saw another trait of Tianle's thinking that he was more concerned with the whole of things—just like Hubble, whom he revered. Compare Hubble to Bard, another great astronomer of his time, who was more concerned with the analysis of specific galaxies, while Hubble focused on a holistic understanding of the universe. Perhaps, in time, Tianle will also become a scientific giant like Hubble, but unfortunately-

This poor boy will not have much time, and this flower of genius will surely wither before it blooms.

The godfather looked at his shining starry eyes and pressed the pain in his heart. Since then, he has become more energetic in teaching Tianle, and it can be said that both father and son are addicted. He doesn't expect Tianle to really come up with any theorems and make any amazing achievements in his short life, but he at least wants to let the children live a good life. At that time, he (and Chu Tianle) would not have imagined that the naïve conjecture of an eleven-year-old child would one day develop into a revolutionary "three-state vacuum theory".

The days in the mountains passed day by day. Chu Tianle didn't go to school very seriously when he was a teenager, and now he is feverishly absorbing knowledge like a long-drought, dry land. The three of them in the mountains lived a full life, but unfortunately the illness did not let him go. His condition has been progressing, walking has become more and more difficult, and his speech has begun to be slurred, but fortunately his intelligence is not affected. According to medical data, 30 percent of such patients will be intellectually impaired, so it is really a great blessing that Tianle is not among these 30 percent.

After the godfather opened the door of wisdom for him, this sense of happiness became stronger and stronger.

This year, he discovered the affair between his mother and godfather - in fact, if you trace the cause, this matter is more or less linked by himself. On a full moon night in the middle of summer, before going to bed, my mother waited for two disabled people to take a hot bath and settled them into the courtyard to cool off. After a while, my mother also came out of the shower, wearing shorts and underwear made of cloth, standing in the wind and blowing her hair. I'm afraid no one will wear this kind of homemade underwear in this era, but she has been used to it in the years of "exhausting the mountains and rivers", and she has become a habit of frugality, and now she lives in the mountains, and it is not easy to go down the mountain, so she usually makes her own clothes. These crude clothes could not hide the vitality of a forty-year-old woman, and the moonlight was like water that day, outlining a plump and muscular body, with a full chest, a round back, and long black hair fluttering behind her. Chu Tianle and Godfather both noticed this rather aesthetic silhouette, and Tianle blurted out:

"Mom, I didn't know you were so beautiful! You must have been a big beauty when you were young! ”

In the moonlight, he saw (felt) his mother's face flushed, and she glanced at her godfather quickly, and their eyes collided in the night sky, and then they both quickly withdrew their gazes, looking a little flustered. Mom said shyly:

"You are a simple baby, how can you be a son and say such a mother."

The godfather had calmed down and joked with a smile, "Your mother is right, you are such a fool - what did your mother say when she was young and beautiful, she is not old now." ”

What the three of them said that day, Chu Tianle had forgotten, and later he went back to the house to sleep, but the two of them did not return for a long time. Tianle looked out of the window and saw another beautiful silhouette: under the reflection of a bright moon, the godfather stood behind his mother, his hands were wrapped around her chest, and his mother leaned his head back on his godfather's shoulder, and his body seemed to be paralyzed. The two didn't speak, they just stuck together motionless.

Chu Tianle smiled secretly, thinking that looking at this posture, it must be the godfather who took the initiative. He lay back into bed and slept comfortably.

A few days later, he woke up late at night and heard the sound of slight footsteps. Mom came in from outside, checking his mosquito net, and Mom came to see it several times a night. He closed his eyes and pretended to be asleep. Mom didn't go back to her bed to sleep after reading it, but walked lightly. After a while, he heard a whisper in his godfather's house, he pricked up his ears, and heard that it was his mother who was talking, and he laughed at himself with distress:

"Mr. Ma, in the past, I heard that men and women are dry firewood, and I have experienced it. Since the first time, I always want you these days, and I can't help it. ”

The godfather smiled and comforted softly: "This is not a sin." When people come into the world, life is the first important thing, and the things between men and women are the second most important things, as important as eating and drinking. According to me, the average level of a nation is directly proportional to the vitality of this nation! There was an old man in the Ming Dynasty who said 'save the principles of heaven and destroy people's desires', which is harmful bullshit, don't believe it. ”

Mom said, "But I always feel guilty, Lelewa is sick like this, but being a mother is ......"

Chu Tianle felt that it was definitely inappropriate to listen to it any longer, so he quietly got out of bed and closed the door and closed the whispers over there. He thought that this time he had to stand up and help his mother get out of the cage of guilt, just as his godfather helped him out of the cage of fear. At dinner the next day, he said in front of the two of them:

"Mom, I'm fourteen years old and want to live in a separate room."

Mom was very embarrassed and asked tentatively: "But there are only two bedrooms here, where do you let Mom live?" ”

Chu Tianle said with a smile: "Of course I live with my godfather, so you don't have to run back and forth at night, and you have to hide from me, are you tired." ”

Mom's face was flushed immediately, and she was embarrassed, and her godfather was quite embarrassed. Tianle smiled and comforted the two:

"Mom, godfather, you love each other, be happy, it's too late for me to be happy. You don't have to hide it from me anymore. ”

Mom's eyes were moist, and Godfather happily patted the back of his head. From that day on, my mother moved to live in my godfather's house, but she would run here a few times every night, and she couldn't let go of her sick and disabled son after all. Love moisturized the two, and the mother's face was shining and bright. That is the brilliance of love, and it cannot be hidden.

In the following years, the godfather gave up most of his observation time to Tianle. Originally, the godfather's observation of the stars belonged to the nature of "ticket friends", purely out of the "call of the heart", and there was no pressure to do it, not to mention that the "call of love" was obviously stronger at this time. At night, my mother always sent Tianle to the observatory, and then my mother went back and picked him up again in the morning.

In those years, he stayed alone at the observatory at night, talking to the stars. Stargazing is a chore, there is no heating here[1]

Tears will freeze the eyepieces and eyes together in the cold night, and the back and neck will be sore and sore from long-term observation. As the tube follows the stars across the sky, the base often creaks and beats irregularly. The first skill Chu Tianle learned was to quickly refocus and catch up with the target after the objective lens jumped, so that he could expose well-defined spots or spectra on the CCD.

Godfather joked that if you want to be a good astronomer, you must first have an iron bladder, which can save you the time of climbing down the observation table to pee - maybe you will miss a once-in-a-lifetime observation in those few minutes, which will be regretted for the rest of your life. This kind of iron bladder is especially important for two sick people. Chu Tianle quickly practiced an iron bladder comparable to that of his godfather, and as long as he walked on the observation platform, he would not come down all night, so he even changed his eating habits and no longer drank porridge at dinner.

Unknowingly, Chu Tianle was already sixteen years old. On his birthday, after eating the red eggs that my mother cooked instead of the birthday cake, my mother went to the kitchen to wash the dishes, and he said to my father:

"Godfather, I think I am generally familiar with the stars in the sky, and I want to learn some specific measurement skills in the future, such as measuring the luminosity of stars, self-determination, radial speed, distance, etc. Let's put it this way, I don't just want to 'see' the stars, I want to 'touch' them. ”

The godfather smiled and said, "Okay, I'll teach you how to touch them." You're right, to be an astronomer is not only to use your brain, but also to be able to use your hands. ”

After that, the godfather resumed his night duty and introduced various related instruments to Tianle. The focus is on the planar raster spectrograph, because according to Godfather, it is "the sharpest weapons of astronomers, their Zhanlu and Juque swords". Compared to physicists, astronomers have so few measurements at their disposal that it is difficult to get "clean" observations. For example, the influence of the interstellar medium cannot be ruled out when determining the absolute brightness of a star; In order to determine the tangential velocity of a star, in addition to measuring the annual parallax, it is also necessary to measure the interstellar distance, and the determination of the interstellar distance is the most unreliable and depends on many assumptions. In this way, the accuracy of the absolute brightness and tangential velocity described above relies on an unreliable intermediate value. Only parameters measured by the astral spectrum, such as the chemical composition of the star and the radial velocity of the star, are "clean" and credible. Of course, there are many factors that need to be excluded in the actual measurement, such as the cosmological redshift velocity of a distant star needs to be deducted from its own motion; To measure the Doppler velocity of a nearstar relative to the "standard Sun", we need to deduct the revolution of the Earth and the velocity fluctuation of the Sun itself relative to the "Standard Sun". According to Godfather, our stellar spectrograph is low chromatic dispersion and is mainly used for the observation of distant stars [2]

。 This low-dispersion spectrometer is lightweight and can be placed in the main focus cage. Of course, it is also possible to use it to observe near stars, but the accuracy is lower.

After Tianle became familiar with these instruments, the godfather temporarily withdrew, leaving him alone to wander in the starry sky. Tianle was most interested in the picture of the Big Bang, and out of respect for Hubble, he wanted to follow the path Hubble had taken again. In the months that followed, he measured the redshifts of many distant galaxies and quasars, which were so faint that they crowded like flies in a window in the mirror field, and it was not easy to leave their spectra clearly on astronomical negatives or CCDs. After several failures, Tianle finally mastered the spectrometer proficiently, and the dozens of redshift values measured were not much different from the data values.

He was so obsessed with the cosmological redshifts of distant stars that it wasn't until a few months later, when the first light snow fell on the dome of the observatory, that he turned his attention to the bright stars in the winter night sky. Roughly speaking, bright stars are mostly closer to the Sun. He measured the spectral red and blue shifts (radial velocities) of many bright stars, such as the five cha two and pillar six in the constellation Auriga, the Aldebaran in Taurus, the two and three rivers in Gemini, the Betelgeuse four and Betelgeuse seven in Orion, the old man in the constellation of the boat, and so on, and these measurements are also very close to the data values. It was only on Sirius in Canis Major, the brightest star of magnitude -1.4 in the night sky, that he first ran into trouble.

He was busy with this for two months. When it was about New Year's Day, the godfather asked him:

"Little Hubble, what have you been doing these two months? I see you're quite excited. ”

"Godfather, I was about to tell you. I'm having trouble measuring the spectral red and blue shifts of a few bright stars, and no matter how I correct them, their radial velocities are off from the data values. These days, I went back and checked the spectra I had taken since the summer and found all the stars that were inaccurate with the data values. You see. ”

He handed his godfather a piece of paper with a table on it:

The godfather looked at it and asked, "Are the near-Earth stars that make the error?" ”

"Yes, the largest error is for stars more than ten light-years away, the error is smaller for very close and distant stars, and there is no error at all for stars thirty-five light-years away."

"All the errors are unidirectional, and they all increase the radial velocity towards the Earth?"

"Yes, but the increase is different, fifteen or sixteen light-years from the sun is the largest."

The godfather muttered at the form for a long time. He knew that Tianle was a reliable kid, and since he only took out this table after two months of hyperactive observation, it showed that the data on it had been repeatedly corrected. It would not be that there was any systematic error in Tianle's observational calculations, because Tianle said that the measured values of stars 35 light-years away are very close to the data values. He muttered to himself:

"But...... How could such a systematic error occur? It's as if the space is collapsing towards the sun. ”

"Godfather, that's exactly what I suspect."

"It's simply not possible, there isn't a giant black hole near the sun, and even if there were black holes, it wouldn't cause such a collapse." He thought for a moment, "On the catalog of the Sky Survey Stars, there are dozens of faint stars within thirty-five light years, have you measured their spectra?" ”

"Not fully tested yet."

"Then let's measure them all. I'll go too. He turned back to Tianle's mother and said, "From today onwards, I have to work the night shift." ”

Tianle's mother was stunned for a moment to tell the truth, in the past two years, she has been used to sleeping in this man's arms, and that feeling of peace of mind is really a pleasure. But she immediately said, "Go, go, go, so that you two can take care of each other." ”

After that, the father and son were busy for another seven or eight months until the early autumn of the following year. They measured the spectra of all stars within 35 light-years, and later expanded to within 50 light-years. Tianle's table is basically correct, these near-Earth stars have added a blueshift towards Earth. The size of the blueshift increment varies, with the Cowherd star being the largest. The anomaly is limited to thirty-five light-years, and Arcturus closes at thirty-six-point-and-a-half light-years. Unlike that table, the blueshift increment that the two later measured was slightly larger than Tianle's, with the largest being 0.2 km/s. Tianle checked the records and said to his father:

"I found a rule, all the data with a large error in my measurement, the observation time of the two is far away. For example, for Nanhe San, the last test was in the early winter of last year, and it has been more than half a year now. So, maybe it's because – this contraction is increasing year by year. ”

"It's not surprising. Since they both have blueshift increments, this increase cannot be a mutation, but only a gradual acceleration process. ”

After that, the autumn rain continued and could not be observed, so the father and son stayed at home and repeatedly discussed the underlying causes of this phenomenon. Tianle's mother listened to them for a long time, and she could hear them a little, and one day, she asked carefully:

"What have you been muttering all these days? Does it mean that the sky is falling? ”

Tianle said honestly: "Judging from the observations, not all the sky is going to fall, just a small piece. Of course, this small piece of space is enough to encompass the earth. ”

Tianle's mother was stunned, and her godfather hurriedly comforted her, saying that this was just a superficial phenomenon observed, and there must be other explanations. Since God has existed for more than 10 billion years, how can it be said that it will collapse. As soon as Tianle's mother heard this, she went back to the kitchen to cook with confidence. The godfather turned back to Tianle and said that his words were not all false comfort, because he did not believe that there was indeed a reason for the "sky falling", although it could not be regarded as a strict counter-evidence, but it could not be ignored - before the scientific enlightenment, narcissistic humans always regarded the earth as the center of the universe. Science later dispels this superstition, and we now know that the earth or the sun are just ordinary stars, and that God does not look the other way down on mankind in his blessings or in his misfortunes. But now, it is precisely the human area that is a partially collapsed center! This is like a resurrection of "geocentrism" in disguise.

That being said, the father and son could not rule out the uneasiness in their hearts. In any case, this strange "blue-shifted area" does exist, and it gives people an indescribable feeling: gloomy, vain, and vague, like the image of the sick in Tianle's subconscious during childhood. But what exactly is the mechanism that causes it? Over the next four years, father and son used extensive observations to confirm the following conclusions:

Space within a radius of 16 light-years is shrinking, and the shrinkage rate is roughly uniform, because the observations are basically in line with the Hubble formula that "the blue shift is proportional to the distance". This local contraction has spread outward to a region with a radius of 35 light-years, and the blueshift decreases with distance in the affected region.

On the time axis, contractions are uniformly accelerated.

The reason for the contraction is unknown.

The two searched for dry intestines, put forward many hypotheses, and after discussion, eliminated them one by one. The two of them were completely addicted to this, thinking about it so much that their minds were wooden, and their mouths were bitter, Tianle's mother said that the two of them were crazy, and they didn't even know that they were hungry when they ate. Unfortunately, they have not been able to find a single plausible hypothesis. Although the cause of the catastrophe is not to be found, the consequences are predictable and very frightening. They didn't dare to delay any longer, so a month ago, they reported the discovery to the National Astronomical Observatories and the Purple Mountain Observatory. Later, the discovery was named "Chu Yima Discovery" by the National Astronomical Observatories.

The situation in the future is what Yu Leshui has experienced.

2

Yu Leshui finished the interview, wrote the manuscript and revised it twice, and saved it in his laptop for later use. The interview ends with this conversation:

"Mr. Chu, let's have a final conclusion. As a terminally ill patient with few days left, you tragically discovered the terminal illness of the universe. In this special capacity, what would you most like to say to the world? ”

"Just one word? Let me think. Let me just say two words, these two words, a famous writer, Yu Hua, have already said decades ago, that is the title of one of his novels......"

"Wait. I have read most of Mr. Yu Hua's works, let me guess. You mean - "Alive"? ”

"Yes, that's what I want to say to the world: live."

Alive.

Alive!

Yu Leshui has read Yu Hua's book, and still remembers a detail in the book, which is the absurd lines of a small person. At that time, he stood in the pile of dead bodies of the national army and shouted to God, saying, Lao Tzu must live, Lao Tzu must live even if he is dead!

The next day, three days after Yu Leshui came to Uncle Ma's house, the AC311 came again to take Chu and Ma to Beijing. Needless to say, this is the "top meeting" that He Lao said. Yu Leshui complained to the two soldiers, complaining that He Lao didn't have a gentlemanly demeanor, and didn't know "pity the fragrance and cherish the jade", since she participated in the meeting by mistake last time, she should send her an invitation this time. Brother Bing smiled and didn't answer her words, but said, "If you want to go back to Beijing, we can take you over, and we can call the shots." But Yu Leshui said, "I won't go, I'll stay in this mountain and wait for their father and son to come back." ”

She and Aunt Ren watched as the helicopter disappeared into the blue sky. She can't go back to Beijing at this moment – how do you face the eyes of your parents, friends and colleagues when you have such a secret in your arms and can't divulge it to the outside world? She could only stand outside the world at the moment, waiting for the moment when the news would be announced.

Time passed, and the two of them were silent, which means that the meeting is not over yet. Yu Leshui can put himself in the shoes of the highest level of dilemma: this catastrophe is not visible now, but as long as you believe in science, you should believe that it will come. But how dare you change the course of the big ship of the country because of an invisible disaster, because of a small spectral blue shift on the stellar spectrograph? This is a situation that has never been encountered by previous national leaders, and it is difficult to make a decision. For a few nights in a row, Yu Leshui always had insomnia. Although she was open-minded by nature, and she had drawn enough courage from Chu, Ma, and Ren - it was the same sentence: Even if the sky fell tomorrow morning, I would not kill myself tonight - but after all, it was inevitable that the mind would be troubled. At this time, she couldn't help but recall a passage from the famous philosopher Russell, which she read in her freshman year of high school: "The gloomiest prediction ever made by science is the end of the universe predicted by the second law of thermodynamics (the law of entropy increase)." All stars will eventually go out, and the universe will irrepressibly move towards energy equilibrium. The whole temple of human achievement will be buried under the fragments of the universe. At this moment, she keenly felt the power of these words, and her heart was filled with the pathos of fate. But Russell is still talking about the heavenly years of the universe, ten billion years later! And now Chuma and the two have discovered that the universe (albeit only partially) has a terminal illness! Even if cataclysms do not occur in the lifetime of this generation, it is by no means astronomical geological time.

It can be said that Chu Tianle's unfortunate fate extended to all mankind. The universe in which human beings live is also unfortunately terminally ill, and there are not many days left.

Aunt Ren welcomes her as a guest from the heart, and has been playing with her these days, trying to make her game in the mountains, and has nothing to do with her, greeting her parents (either to say, your family is a great kindness to my mother and son), more about "Mr. Ma" (Ren has not changed this title), talking about Tianle, and talking about the little life in his belly. Yu Leshui thought, with Aunt Ren's knowledge level, she might be slower to respond to disasters, and being dull is also a kind of happiness. However, Yu Leshui was wrong, Aunt Ren was not dull, at least she saw that the guest's mood was chaotic, but she was just buried in her heart. At night, Yu Leshui couldn't sleep, quietly walked out of the courtyard gate, stood on the mountain rock and looked up at the starry sky for a long time, and let the sad tide of fate stir in his heart. When I turned around by chance, I saw Aunt Ren standing at the door and quietly looking at her. When Aunt Ren saw that she had discovered herself, she always smiled and shook her hand:

"It's okay, it's okay, I'm afraid you'll bump into wild things, there's a wild thing in the mountains."

Five days later, Yu Leshui received a text message from Uncle Ma: "At ten o'clock this morning, the whole world will announce it at the same time. ”

It's finally here. Yu Leshui turned on the TV and waited. At ten o'clock, CCTV really broadcast the news:

The following message is jointly issued by the observatories around the world.

Twenty days ago, Chinese folk astronomers Chu Tianle and Ma Shiqi informed the National Astronomical Observatories of China and the Purple Mountain Astronomical Observatory that the spectra of all NEOs had a considerable new blue shift after deducting the original Doppler red and blue shift values. The blueshift is the largest in the constellation Aquila α 16 light-years away, reaching -0.15 angstroms, which means that it adds a velocity of 9.21 kilometers per second towards Earth. From the constellation Aquila α inward and outward, the new blueshift gradually decreases to zero, forming an anomaly centered on the solar system. Given the prevalence of the blueshift increment, it should be caused by the overall contraction of this part of the space. In addition, according to the observations of Chu Ma and Chu Ma over the past five years, this contraction is uniformly accelerated. Taking α Aquila as an example, the annual new blueshift is about 0.01 angstroms, which corresponds to an annual radial velocity of 0.58 kilometers per second.

Shortly thereafter, Dennis Green, an Australian secondary school student, made roughly the same discovery independently. The discovery has been officially named the Chu Yi Ma Yi Green Discovery by various astronomical observatories around the world. ”

Later, Zhan Xiang of the National Astronomical Observatory and Xu Yifan of the Purple Mountain Observatory appeared, and their task was to explain to ordinary people who did not have common knowledge of astronomy what was going on – as much as possible to reduce social hysteria, of course. Yu Leshui didn't listen, but immediately returned to the computer desk and sent his report from the Internet to the editor-in-chief of the newspaper Ge and Sister He of the social department at the same time. Then she dialed Mr. Ge's phone. Mr. Ge said anxiously:

"Little fish? You're finally back on earth! I don't have time to tell you at this point......"

"I don't have time to gossip, I sent you and Sister He an interview at the same time, you send it as soon as possible."

Mr. Ge smiled bitterly, "Xiaoyu, you're not watching TV at this time, and what are you talking about character interviews, the sky is going to fall!" ”

Yu Leshui interrupted him: "I know. I found out about this Chu Yima seven or eight days ago, and the interview I said was aimed at these two people. ”

Mr. Ge was stunned and didn't reply for a while. Yule said quietly: "Mr. Ge, please hurry up and send the draft." Let me say something pragmatic, no matter whether the sky falls or not, and before the collapse, the newspaper still has to live. ”

Mr. Ge was stunned for a moment again, this time he was surprised by Xiaoyu's tone, the sky was about to fall and the color would not change, this was like the bearing of a twenty-five-year-old girl. But he immediately calmed down and said decisively:

"Okay, I'll read the draft at the same time as Xiao He, send it as soon as possible, send the online version first, and then send the number! Xiaoyu, you have made a great contribution. ”

hung up Mr. He's phone, and Yu Leshui called his mother again. Her mother answered the phone, and the first thing she asked was: "Shui'er, have you been at Uncle Ma's house for the past two days?" ”

Yu Leshui said: "Yes, Mom, you are amazing, female Sherlock Holmes, how did you guess it?" ”

"Lenovo. I already know from the TV that Chu Ma found out that you are interviewing in that area again, and your whereabouts in the past few days are too mysterious. ”

Speaking of which, both of them were stuck, both thinking about how to phrase them to appease each other. Yu Leshui was the first to say:

"Mom, I have an interview with Chu Ma and the others, and it will be posted in our newspaper today, you and my dad can take a look. I think it will increase your courage! ”

Mom said cheerfully, "Okay, I'll buy the newspaper as soon as it comes out." ”

Yu Leshui hung up the phone, Tianle's mother came in from outside the door, and said happily: "Listen, the sound of the helicopter, the two of them are back!" The two hurried to the gate of the hospital to greet them. After a while, the two armed policemen came over with Uncle Ma and Chu Tianle on their backs. The two of them quickly took over the two, settled down, and the two soldiers didn't drink any water, and left immediately. Yu Leshui wanted to ask the father and son about the details of the meeting, but looking at the expressions of the two, he hurriedly swallowed back what he wanted to ask. The two of them looked calm, but they were both extremely tired, needless to say, they had experienced a lot of mental torment at the five-day summit meeting, and such torment did not lead to a definite conclusion. This is not surprising and to be expected. Again, it is impossible for the top level to drastically change the course of the big ship of the country because of a small blue shift on the spectrograph. It's the same not only in China, but all over the world.

An hour later, Mr. Ge called. Listening to the tone on the phone, his soul that was smashed by the "bad news of the collapse of the sky" has basically returned to its place and turned back into the original newspaper boss in the world. He applauded Xiao Yu's article loudly, saying that it was simply a "cold fire", and that the outward calmness was wrapped in a blazing flame. He immediately published it in full. Mr. Ge only mentioned a little revision, saying that Yu Leshui bluntly said in the conclusion that Chu Tianle was a "terminally ill patient with few days left", is it too cold? I'm afraid the reader will have this impression. Yu Leshui was stunned for a moment, and then realized that he had been assimilated by this family in just seven days, and he was already able to talk about death calmly. She said to Mr. Ge: "You don't have to change it, they never taboo this here." I guess readers won't care, since even the universe is terminally ill. ”

Mr. Ge said: "Okay, just keep it as it is and don't change it." He took the initiative to say, "You can stay at his house for a few more days and see if you can dig up another good article." Yu Leshui thought that everything that should have been dug had already been dug up, but since the editor-in-chief was so generous, she was happy to stay for a few more days to accompany Tianle and the two old men. In the past few days, she has had a deep relationship with this family, and if she leaves with her hands, she is really reluctant. Before hanging up the phone, she hesitated, but still asked her about the things she cared about:

"Mr. Ge, outside...... What do you think? I just learned something from the Internet, and people's hearts are already in chaos. But you know, the online noise has always been a few decibels higher than the actual situation. I want to know the real pulse of society. ”

Mr. Ge smiled bitterly and said, "The actual situation is not much better." Let's put it this way, human society is like a sudden myocardial infarction, and the severe pain has been transmitted to the higher cultural level, and the ordinary people are a little sluggish, but not too far behind. Ordinary people can't figure out what blue and red shifts are, but they know a more vivid word: the sky is falling! I have a feeling that although society is still operating normally, it is actually sleepwalking, a kind of collective sleepwalking. Sooner or later, the fall of one or two people will magnify into a mess for the whole team. He sighed, "Because of this; I particularly value this interview with you, it has a somewhat soothing effect on social emotions, and it can be regarded as our last duty for society. Thank you Xiaoyu, and thank you to the people in the mountains for me. Good bye. ”

"Goodbye."

After pressing off the phone, she was stunned for a while, and Mr. Ge's words aroused the gloom in her heart. Although she tries to suppress it with "brightness" these days, she can't actually suppress it. It's really breathless to think about this, God is really such a bastard, and he let mankind go to a dead end without saying a word, and he doesn't even give time to brew emotions. Although the news was released less than two hours ago, the mood on the Internet has reached a breaking point, and some people lament that the "people are worried about the sky" is the only wise man among mankind, saying that the value of the nine words "there are people in the country who are worried about the collapse of the world" is more than the sum of all the words in the history of civilization, and the latter can all be used to rub the ass. Some people discussed that it would be better to commit suicide in the old land of Qiguo to express their respect for this wise man, and there were many responders. Websites are also out of control, and there is no way to block these illegal speech that encourages suicide in time. If this trend continues, human beings will not even be able to die with dignity.

Suddenly, she found Chu Tianle sitting on a chair in the corner, silently watching her. She quickly wiped away her gloomy expression and walked over with a smile. Tianle Says:

"Sister Yu, are you free at this time?"

"Yes, you can say whatever you want."

"I want you to climb the mountain with me - first of all, you are not allowed to carry me today, and you are not allowed to support me, I will walk by myself, and I can go as far as I can." He said calmly, "I've been feeling bad lately. Maybe this is the last time I'll climb the mountain on my own. ”

Yu Leshui felt bitter in his heart, and said softly: "Okay, I won't carry you." I'll walk with you, wherever you go. Let's go. ”

The two didn't say anything to the second elder, and quietly went out. Chu Tianle led her towards the back mountain, where there was basically no road, so it was extremely difficult to walk. Chu Tianle not only has weak muscles, but also seems to have little motor nerves, and he walks like a drunk. In order to help Tianle realize his wish, Yu Leshui hardened his heart and did not support him, but just followed him, ready to reach out to help him when he fell. She felt a little bitter.

They walked a short distance and came to a cliff. There was a small platform with a pyre, made of calf-thick pine logs, piled up in neat tic-tac-toe stacks, about the height of a person's shoulder, and the top was covered with pine branches to protect it from the rain. Yu Leshui asked puzzledly: "Is this the dry firewood that your family has in reserve, why do you put it so far?" Tianle shook his head and stared intently at the tic-tac-toe pyre, a dark cloud appeared in his eyes, but the dark cloud was only short-lived, and it quickly drifted away. He said calmly:

"No, it's for me, I asked my mother to prepare it in advance. I plan to cremate the body on the spot after death, and scatter the ashes under the cliff, so that the second elder will not carry the body down the mountain for cremation. The mountain road is steep, and it is too difficult to transport it down the mountain. I'm afraid I won't be able to climb this mountain road in the future, but today is here to take one last look. He looked at Yu Leshui's stunned and painful expression, and comforted him in turn, "Sister Yu, don't be sad, I've been entangled with 'death' for so many years, and I'm used to it." ”

"Tianle, I'm not sad. Your life may be short, but live brilliantly and die in style, worth it! Yu Leshui showed a smile on his face, "Actually, I envy you, no, I worship you, it's your hardcore Haxing clan!" I'm going to learn from you to change your name, and from today onwards I'll be called 'Fish Hachu Haba'!" What a special name, no one is guaranteed to repeat it! ”

The two laughed loudly on the crematorium, and the laughter shook the scattered and empty mountain stream. An eagle glides overhead and flies straight for nine days, it is not the kind of vulture above the Tibetan burial platform, nor is it like the golden eagle mentioned in the tourism introduction here, but the goshawk that is common in the northern mountains.

This is the last night of Yu Leshui's stay at Ma's house, and tomorrow he will say goodbye to the three of them, farewell to the mountains and forests, return to the prosperous world, and redo the people of the world, although the prosperous world has a deep crack. At night, she slept on the movable bed in the living room, tossing and turning, difficult to sleep, listening to Mr. Ma's bedroom There was no movement, and there was always a sound of rustling in the Tianle house, obviously he was not asleep. Yu Leshui simply got up, quietly pushed open his door, tiptoed to the side of the bed, and asked in a low voice:

"Tianle, are you asleep? If you haven't fallen asleep, let's talk for the last night, okay? ”

Tianle didn't fall asleep, his black pupils were shining in the night, obviously very surprised by Yu Leshui's coming. His lips moved, and he was saying "OK". He couldn't speak clearly, and sometimes he had to lip sync to understand it, and these days, Yu Leshui has learned to read his mouth.

Tianle was about to get up, but Yu Leshui pressed him down, let him still lie on his side, pulled over the chair himself, and sat down face to face with him. She was afraid of affecting the two old men over there, so she lowered her voice and said:

"Tianle, I don't want to turn on the light at this time, I can't see your mouth clearly, and it's more difficult to talk. Then listen to me. I interviewed you for the first half of your life and also about the first half of my life, so that's fair, right? ”

Tianle smiled silently and whispered, "Okay." You say, I listen. ”

Yu Leshui said whimsically, and his thoughts jumped wherever he went. She said: "I'm the same as you before you got sick, I've been happy since I was a child, I love to laugh, and I have the word 'Le' in my name, and my dad always said that he gave the most accurate name." When I was in junior high school, I once forgot why I laughed during recess exercises, and I happened to be bumped into by the principal. Supposedly, it wasn't a big mistake to burst into laughter during recess, but the problem was that I laughed so wildly and contagiously that the whole class burst into laughter. The principal was annoyed and shouted at me to go with him to the principal's office. My mother teaches at this school, and someone hurriedly ran to tell her: It's terrible, your Xiaoshui doesn't know what a big mistake you made, and you were called to the principal's office by the principal, you go and put out the fire! My mother sat down as usual and said, "It's okay, what's wrong?" At most, I laughed again during class - what a knowing girl. ”

Yu Leshui said: "I am not only cheerful, but also bold, I like to swim, climb trees and climb mountains, and there are some things in the playground that even boys dare not play, such as roller coasters, rock climbing, rapids, etc., I don't have anything I don't play." I talked about a boyfriend in college, and I blew it because of this incident. He accompanied me on a roller coaster, and he was scared out of all his bitter guts, his little face was sallow, and he was retching profusely. It is said that the size of the courage is nature, no wonder he is, and he can sacrifice his life to accompany me, which is already rare, but I think he is too girly, and he is always tired and crooked emotionally. Even my mother was upset with this boy and said: When will a wild horse like you be tied to the circle! I said why should I be tethered, isn't it good to be free for the rest of my life? ”

Time slipped away imperceptibly in the chat, it was already late at night, Yu Leshui suddenly stopped, was silent for a while, and turned to the memories of the relationship between the two:

"The first time we met fifteen years ago, in this area, do you remember the situation at that time? I remember it clearly. You're cold-looking, oblivious to everything around you, sitting on a large duffel bag with blue stripes, and concentrating on blowing bubbles. I saw something very heavy in the depths of your eyes, which is not at all what a seven-year-old should have, and I still feel bad when I think about it many years later. Your mom was even worse, almost having a nervous breakdown. So, it's really gratifying to see that your mother and son are so cheerful now. ”

Tianle's eyes lit up and he recalled: "I remember it too." You were wearing an off-the-shoulder green dress, a pair of green sandals barefoot, short hair, and a very clean and crisp look, right? When I saw you, I felt very kind, like meeting my sister who had been separated for a long time. I didn't talk much to people at the time, but I remember saying a lot to you. ”

"I didn't say a lot of it, it was all stupid things like 'soap bubbles should have burst but didn't'. Later, we drove you, and on the way I asked you a lot of questions, but you kept silent. But when we were about to break up, you suddenly turned your head and shouted loudly and emotionally saying goodbye to uncle and aunt, goodbye to Sister Yu, which made my nose sour for a long time. ”

"I'm the same, I'm reluctant to part with you, and I'm sullen along the way. Later, I also asked my mother if Sister Xiaoyu would come here to play. I've asked this question for two or three years, maybe four or five years, and then when I got older, I stopped asking it. ”

"Really?" Yu Leshui suddenly felt bitter in his heart, and there was sweetness in the bitterness, Tianle's words hit the softest place in her heart, thinking that in this remote deep mountain, there was a terminally ill boy who had been thinking about a sister who only had one side, but in the end she didn't look forward to it, and her heart was like a knife. The most undesirable thing is that she didn't expect to visit the three in the mountains by the way, which made her feel very guilty. "Tianle, it's me who is not good, I should really come to see you after the breakup, I can come in time for the winter and summer vacations. However, I didn't expect us to meet on such a special occasion, it seems that the two of us still have fate. ”

The word "fate" is more sensitive, she said it very casually, Tianle smiled and didn't respond. After a while, Yu Leshui suddenly held Tianle's hand, stared into his eyes and said:

"Tianle, tomorrow I won't leave, never will—no, not before you die. I'm going to stay and accompany you through life, just as Jane Wilder did with Hawking. Would you like me to stay? Think about it for five minutes and give me an answer. However, don't show noble sentiments like 'I can't delay you', I'm the most tired of saying this kind of thing, and I'm sure you won't say it. She calmed down and waited for five minutes. Hey, five minutes have passed, answer it. Oh wait, I'll turn on the light and see if you have a clear mouth. ”

She turned on the light, Chu Tianle's eyes were full of smiles, and he replied one by one:

"Very willingly. I'm so happy. There is just one condition. ”

Yu Leshui was very dissatisfied: "Hey, it's always been girls who put forward conditions, why did you turn it upside down?" Okay, I promise you. Say, what conditions? ”

"You must stay and be happy in your heart, not to endure suffering, not to sacrifice and give alms. Think about answering me in five days. ”

Yu Leshui smiled and said, "Where do you need to think about five days?" I'll be able to answer right now. That's right, I want to stay because I'm happy with you. I like life here, it's completely different from earthly life, back to basics, free and uninhibited, transparent, with the fragrance of pine resin, with the clarity of mountain springs, I really can't bear to leave. Tell you, if one day I feel that it is a hardship or a burden, I will leave immediately, without snorting. Okay? Jane Wilder later divorced Hawking. ”

Tianle's fingers slowly and forcefully gripped, and the brilliance on his face flowed. The two looked at each other happily, Yu Leshui leshui leaned out and gave him an emotional long kiss, and Chu Tianle also gave a warm response. There was footsteps outside, it was Tianle's mother, who had to urge her son to turn over several times every night to prevent bedsores. Seeing Yu Leshui in her son's room, she was a little surprised, Yu Leshui said:

"Auntie, leave the matter of helping him turn over to me later. The two of us just decided, I decided to stay with him to finish his life, your son is okay, he didn't refute my face. ”

Tianle's mother looked at Yu Leshui with a little disbelief, and then looked at her son, the brilliance in the eyes of those two people said everything. She took the girl tightly in her arms and said:

"I'm so happy, so happy. Mr. Ma! Mr. Ma! Come here, Miss Leshui won't leave! ”

Mr. Ma hurriedly put on a prosthetic leg and rushed over, and also gave Yu Leshui a hug, but his eyes were clearly very complicated, which was completely different from Tianle's mother's simple joy.

At eight o'clock the next day, as soon as the newspaper office went to work, Yu Leshui informed the editor-in-chief of her decision. She didn't speak for a long time, but she fed twice, thinking that the editor-in-chief must have opened his mouth wide and opened his chin at this time. He was generous for a few days, and as a result, he compensated a good journalist who had just made a great achievement. But he deserves to be the editor-in-chief, and when he answers, he has already considered it maturely, and the arrangement is reasonable:

"Okay, little fish, I bless you. Remember, I have your position here, and you can come back whenever you want. Your life may be very busy in the future, but try to find time to send me a few small articles, so that I can keep your basic salary for you - you will have to pay for living if you stay in the mountains, I am afraid that you will forget this 'little thing' in the love frenzy. And - you don't have to answer the following question. How are you going to accompany him? For example......"

"Mr. Ge, don't be embarrassed, I know what you mean. Tell you, I'm not satisfied with being a lover, I'm going to officially marry him. ”

"Really? When there is a happy event, my colleagues and I will definitely rush there. In the end, he said with emotion, "Xiaoyu, it's good to be young." I really want to be young again, and I just need to listen to the call of my heart and not have to look forward and backward, how 'wanted' it would be! ”

"Thank you, sir. Pat yourself on the back: you're the best boss in the world. ”

Yu Leshui thought that she not only met the best boss in the world, but also the best parents in the world. Of course, her parents were taken aback by her decision, and they didn't want their daughter to suffer for the rest of their lives, so they tried their best to persuade them for two days, but on the whole, they accepted it relatively smoothly. The two know their daughter's temperament, and once she makes a decision, others will not be able to persuade her. Moreover, although Chu Tianle was physically disabled, the Yu couple had respect for him in their hearts, which greatly reduced the resistance to their decision.

What's more—the sky is falling, and worldly considerations don't matter anymore.

Yu Leshui did not waste time, and dismantled the bed in the living room that night, and put the bedding on Chu Tianle's bed. Two days later, Mr. Ma avoided Tianle's mother and son, and took Yule Shui to the outside of the courtyard, behind a thick ash tree, accompanied by the sound of gurgling water in the mountain stream, Uncle Ma said lovingly:

"Shui'er, you decided to stay, you don't know how grateful Dongmei and I are. But in order to be responsible for you, for your parents, I have to say what I need to say. Marriage is a big deal, so please think carefully and don't just rely on the impulse of feelings. You know, it's going to be a cross for life, at least for a lifetime......"

Yu Leshui smiled and said, "Who said it was a cross for life? Tianle and I have agreed in advance that one day I feel tired and bitter, and I feel that it is a cross instead of happiness, so I will pat my ass and leave, without smacking. ”

Uncle Ma smiled and shook his head, "Don't give me sloppy eyes, it's easy to say, once you fall into the emotional whirlpool, how can you get out so easily?" ”

"What's there to worry about, if you can withdraw, you can withdraw, if you can't withdraw, you can stay—if you can't withdraw, then it proves that this emotional whirlpool is still worth remembering. Uncle, you elders, you love to complicate simple things. ”

Uncle Ma was a little ridiculous, "Child, can this be a simple thing?" The following words were a little difficult to speak, but he still said them, "You also said that you want to officially marry Tianle, but have you considered that it is impossible for him to have children with his body, or even ...... I don't know if you're going to have a normal sex life. ”

This sentence made Yu Leshui's heart gloomy, she spent two nights with Tianle, and indeed did not have a successful sex life. She's never been a cold girl, so that would be a big flaw in life - but the attraction outweighs the flaws. She hid her gloom in her heart, but still grinned and said, "It's not difficult, even if Tianle doesn't have sexual ability, it doesn't matter." I'm not going to be like an abstinent nun, you can separate love from **, you just close your eyes when the time comes. ”

Speaking of which, Ma Shiqi really has nothing to say. It seems that there is indeed a generation gap between the elders and the young, and his carefully prepared conversation made the girl easily touch. He shook his head, shook off the worries he had had, and smiled heartily:

"Okay, then I won't say more, and I sincerely wish you happiness. Shui'er, to tell you something from the heart, in fact, Dongmei and I really hope that you can stay. ”

Yu Leshui agreed on the marriage date with his parents, and also notified Mr. Ge and Sister He. Mr. Ge said in surprise: "Three days later? You're lightning-fast. ”

Yu Leshui laughed and said: "The sky is about to fall, why don't I hurry up and enjoy love?" ”

When it comes to the "sky falling", Mr. Ge can't help but be gloomy, that demon has been in the depths of the world's hearts for a long time, and will not leave again - even the happy event in front of him is also caused by it, which is really awkward. He shook his head, threw away the gloom in his heart, and said briskly: "Okay, the whole class of the newspaper and I are going to the wedding......

"Don't, don't. Mr. Ge, listen to me and tell me the reason: I don't want to trouble the two disabled people to go down the mountain, and this mountain residence can't accommodate a few guests. I was only going to let my parents come, and the others had to quit. This wedding is simple, and I don't even plan to ask for a wedding dress. I have received your heart, but do not come. ”

Mr. Ge groaned slightly, "I'll arrange this matter, you wait for my news later." ”

Yu Leshui asked vigilantly: "What do you say is up to you?" I've arranged it. ”

But Mr. Ge had already hung up the phone.

Yu Leshui notified all relatives and friends, but also politely refused everyone to come to the wedding. also informed two weekend lovers who had had an affair that she had to tie the knot. Both men sincerely blessed her and said that since they could not come to the wedding, they would send them congratulatory gifts.

The next night, Mr. Ge's call came, and he said angrily: "Listen to Xiaoyu, I have made some arrangements for you on my own initiative, you can blame me afterwards, but for now you have to obey." I contacted Mr. He, who will be attending your wedding in person. He arranged for a helicopter, the same one you had ridden on, to take your family down the mountain and hold the wedding at the Old Jie Ling State Guest House, where you had stayed. The hotel is closed that day and is dedicated to you. I threw invitations on the Internet, inviting all your acquaintances, even strangers who admired Chuma, to attend. I'm going to make it the biggest wedding in the world, no less than an English prince marrying a princess! ”

Yu Leshui shook his head when he heard this: "Mr. Ge, you are usually a steady person......

"The sky is about to fall, so you can make me unstable again. There is also an arrangement, for the sake of your future life, I opened an account and issued an appeal online in my name, calling on those who are willing to send a thin congratulatory money for your blessings. I just checked, my God, converted into RMB, there are already 300 million now, far more than my estimate! In addition to domestic, there are also many from abroad, such as the United States, Japan, Russia, Sweden, France, the United Kingdom, etc., and many third world countries. ”

Yu Leshui was really surprised: "How can this work?!" You're engaged in illegal fundraising. I must not accept this money. ”

"I'm also thinking that you won't accept such a large sum, but it's certainly not refundable. I just thought of a way to set up a foundation with this money, and I just came up with a name, which is called the 'Friends of Joy Foundation' - don't you both have the word 'Le' in your name? The primary purpose of the Foundation is to ensure the life and work of Chu Tianle, a disabled scientist, so that he can fully display his genius for the society. Although it is used for him personally, it is in itself a public good. In addition, I can also do other social welfare undertakings, but I haven't figured out exactly what to do. ”

Yu Leshui said helplessly: "Okay, that's it, the purpose of the foundation will be formulated calmly later." Mr. Ge, your help is too strong, I really don't know whether to thank you or complain about you. ”

"I don't care if I complain, but I should thank you. Last time I said, I really want to be young again, and I just need to listen to my heart's call and not have to look ahead and backward, so how 'wanted'! Now I'm young, I'm 'too young'! ”

In the past few days, I have been busy preparing for weddings, and Yu Leshui has not been online. After hanging up the phone, she hurriedly checked the Internet. This investigation was shocked, and the Internet seemed to have experienced a nuclear explosion, and the blessing words that poured in like a tide blocked the Internet. The internet speed was too slow, and she could only browse the big headlines. Netizens warmly blessed the couple, saying that they are both real heroes, one is a hero of thought, and the other is a hero of feelings; It is said that with such a wedding, humanity will be left with a high degree of dignity even if it perishes tomorrow; And all that. Yu Leshui looked at it, and his heart couldn't help but be heavy. The emotions on the Internet are very excited, but in fact, the excitement is sad in the bones, and it is the catharsis of the doomsday mood - fortunately, this catharsis is manifested in strong love. Mr. Ge's intentions are good, but with such fanfare, it is indeed a bit Meng Lang.

She said all this to her family, Tianle and Uncle Ma didn't say anything, Tianle's mother was taken aback first, "Such a big scene!" Don't let me participate, I'm embarrassed to have a big belly. ”

Uncle Ma laughed at her: "Can you get out of the way?" You are the bridegroom's mother-in-law and the bride-in-law's mother-in-law. As the saying goes, 'an ugly daughter-in-law can also see her in-laws', and you are 'an ugly mother-in-law can also see a daughter-in-law'. ”

The whole family laughed, laughing so much that Tianle's mother was a little embarrassed. Yu Leshui hugged her mother-in-law and said with a smile: "Where are you ugly? I think women who are pregnant are the most beautiful. There was a sudden gloom in her heart—she probably didn't have this beautiful blessing anymore. She didn't want to sweep everyone's interest, so she quickly threw away the gloom of this moment, and said with a smile, "I can't push it off if I want to, so I have to obey Mr. Ge's arrangement." ”

On the morning of the third day, the AC311 came, and it was the last time that the two armed policemen helped the whole family get on the helicopter. Yesterday, Yu Leshui had already gone down the mountain to buy candy, and after boarding the plane, he first stuffed a large handful in the arms of the two soldiers and the driver Xiao Zhu. The helicopter grazed the back of a hill and could see the Laojieling State Guest House in the distance, but they were greatly surprised by the scene below, and the side road leading from National Highway 311 to the hotel was densely packed with cars. This is a mountain road, although the road condition is very good, but the road is not wide, and it is difficult to turn around. Flying a little closer, flying a little lower, you can see that there are armed police at the intersection 10 kilometers away from the hotel, setting up a card, dissuading and guiding the car to return. The baby-faced Xiao Zhu turned around and said with a smile:

"It's all Xiaoyu, you Mr. Ge is to blame. He posted a big hero post on the Internet, attracting so many guests at once, even he didn't expect it. Thanks to He Lao's experience, he discovered that the momentum was wrong early and quickly asked the armed police to set up a card to block it, and this was already a big mess in the world. He pointed to the bottom and added, "You see, those guests who were prevented from returning had to leave the money behind, and it was later decided that the armed police would collect it on their behalf." ”

The four of them only shook their heads when they heard this, but their hearts were sweet.

The scene at the hotel was equally hot, with the courtyard full of cars, many more parked on the roadside and on the grass nearby, at least three or four hundred. Mr. Ge and Mr. and Mrs. Yu greeted the guests at the gate of the hospital. When the four of them got off the helicopter, Mr. Ge smiled and plugged Yu Leshui's mouth first:

"Xiaoyu, don't complain, I didn't expect so many people to come. You can only blame your article for being too passionate, and it also shows that the people respect you from the bottom of their hearts. He also said, "Your sister He is also in a hurry to come, but she has to stay at the newspaper office to be on duty for me, and she asked me to bring the congratulatory gift." ”

Yu Leshui had already fallen into his mother's arms at this time, turned around and threatened: "I'll settle accounts with you when the wedding is over." "The Ma family and his wife met with the Yu couple who had not seen each other for many years. The two elders seemed to have thought about it completely, and they fully approved of this marriage, and today they were full of joy like everyone else, which made Yu Leshui feel relieved. She asked Mr. Ge, "What about Mr. He?" ”

"I'm directing traffic on the phone in the house, and he said I'll see you again at the wedding. Hey, I prepared a wedding dress according to the size of the two of you, it is estimated that it will fit, you and Xiao Chu hurry up and change into it. ”

At noon, a warm and messy wedding was held in the lobby of the hotel, after all, the time was too rushed, and there was a lack of on-site running-in in several aspects, and chaos was inevitable. Wearing a light wedding dress, Yule Water has a ruddy complexion and is stunningly beautiful. He Lao was the officiant, and Mr. Ge was the witness. The speeches of the two guest of honour, as well as the parents of both sides and the newlyweds, aroused warm applause.

The bride's father, the fisherman, said emotionally: "The water is the pearl of our palms, and I am afraid of melting in my mouth." Now that she has voluntarily chosen a bumpy mountain road, we bless her and believe that she will find happiness in her simple life. ”

The groom's godfather, Ma Shiqi, said: "Thanks to my old friends Yu and his wife, fifteen years ago, when Tianle mother and son were at the end of their lives, they sent the two of them to me, which actually changed the second half of our lives. Now, their daughter is bravely staying with Tianle again, and we can't express our gratitude. ”

The groom, Chu Tianle, made a more unexpected speech: "When Shui'er wanted to stay with me, I made a condition - she must feel happy and not suffer. When she's tired and doesn't want to stay here, I'll send her away with a smile. At that time, I also hope that everyone will welcome her new decision with applause. ”

After a little surprise, everyone applauded warmly, and Yu Leshui smiled and said, "Yes, that is indeed the agreement between the two of us, but I believe that I will always stay here happily!" ”

There are nearly 2,000 guests today, and the hotel can be regarded as exhaustive for this banquet. Of course, there are not enough private rooms and halls, and the museum has found stitches in the courtyard, and there are tables everywhere, and the tables are borrowed from the nearby elementary school, and several pieces are put together. But no matter how humble it was, the mood of the guests was very warm. According to local rules, the newcomer must toast from table to table, but with Chu Tianle's body, he can't support it anyway, so he has to go to the hall and courtyard with the support of his wife to toast everyone collectively. He had always been in a calm mood at the wedding, but at this moment his feelings were a little out of control, and he choked up after just saying "thank you". The guests filled in the blanks with applause.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the guests basically left. The female colleagues of the newspaper didn't have a chance to talk to Yu Leshui just now, so they surrounded her tightly, chattered for a while, and then left in twos and threes. He Lao was also ready to leave, and before leaving, he invited the six members of the Ma family and the Yu family and the editor-in-chief Ge to the room where he was staying. Yu Leshui was the first to say:

"Old He, you're really not interesting! Since I was mistakenly allowed to participate in the Laojieling meeting that time, I had to send an invitation to the second high-level meeting. ”

Mom was busy scolding her for not knowing how to speak, and He Lao smiled:

"I'm going to commit some liberalism today. To tell you the truth, I did put you on the list of recommended participants at that time, but the second meeting was not organized by me, and the General Office of the State Council balanced you when balancing the participants, so you can't blame me for this. ”

"Really? I didn't make it, but I still want to thank you. ”

He Lao turned to the editor-in-chief of the newspaper: "Xiao Ge, I have to criticize you twice." As the editor-in-chief of a major newspaper, you're a little too tender this time. If I hadn't made a quick decision and set up a card to block it, the guests would have already crowded this place. ”

Editor-in-chief Ge blushed and said, "Old He is right in his criticism, I am Meng Lang a little." ”

"But I also want to praise you, your wedding with great fanfare this time has played a great cathartic role in social emotions." He told everyone, "You may also see that the mood of the crowd at the wedding is not normal, and it seems too excited. In fact, the root is still that bad news, and the people have a manic undercurrent of emotions in their hearts. But this wedding turned it into a positive catharsis, a catharsis of love. I was inspired by that. Xiaoge, I heard that you also got a foundation? ”

"Yes, I checked yesterday, and there are more than 300 million in the account."

He Lao turned around and said: "Lao Ma, Xiao Chu, I came this time, and I originally planned to invite you to Beijing, where the living conditions and scientific research conditions are better. Now that you've made this terrifying Chu Ma discovery, I think you'll be determined to continue your research and get to the bottom of it. For example, what is the cause of space collapse? How can humanity get out of trouble? If you want to go to Beijing, you are welcome at the Academy of Sciences or the National Astronomical Observatories. But after I learned about this foundation, my thinking has changed, and now that you have the foundation to rely on, it is very convenient for you to do things if you want, and maybe more freedom. Please decide for yourself what to do after discussion. ”

Tianle father and son glanced at each other, and Ma Shiqi said briefly: "Let's stay here." ”

"Okay, respect your decision. So, I'll give you a gift. He Lao smiled and said, "Of course, it is not my personal, but a gift from the state, and I have already gone through the relevant procedures before I came." Oh, it's the AC311 you have taken, and in the future, as your special plane, the pilot will still be the armed police, which is the baby-faced Xiao Zhu. The cost of transportation by aircraft is borne by the state. ”

Yu Leshui screamed happily, Chu Tianle's eyes lit up, and the others were also excited. He Lao had a few words with the Yu couple and Tianle's mother, and shouted inside: "Yangyang! Now that we're done talking, you can come out. ”

As he spoke, a boy of about ten years old came out of the room, and it seemed that he was already impatient. He has a tiger head, thick eyebrows and big eyes, a thick face, and wears a vest and shorts. He greeted the people in the room and stared at Chu Tianle with a grin. He Lao introduced: "My grandson, nicknamed Yangyang, and his great name He Zizhou, will be an astronomer in the future. He is a 'fan' of Chuma and Ma, and this time he has to pester me to bring him. ”

Yu Leshui pulled him over and hugged him, teasing him: "Only worship the two of them? I'm so sad then. ”

"No, I'm also a fan of yours. Sister Yu, I read the interview you wrote, and it was very shocking! He added, "Your fans on the Internet are no less than Brother Chu, everyone says that you are a great and noble woman, full of sacrifice, and illuminates the rest of a terminally ill genius with the light of love." ”

It was clearly a language taken from the Internet, and everyone laughed. Yu Leshui frowned, "Don't, don't, I can't stand this." Xiao Yangyang, you are a little kid who is also sensible! ”

He Lao said: "Yangyang used to like astronomy, and recently made a grand wish that when he grows up, he will work with the two of Chuma to find out this Chuma discovery thoroughly." ”

Ma Shiqi said: "Well, we warmly welcome, although the holiday is to come to my house." Let's brag, it's a bit too good for me to cultivate one Chu Tianle, and I want to cultivate a second one. ”

"Uncle Ma, let's make up our minds, I'll come as soon as the holiday is over!"

"It's decided, our family welcomes you."

He Lao pulled Yangyang over, put his grandson's hands into the hands of Chu Ma and the others, and said calmly: "Okay, Lao Ma, Xiao Chu, my grandson will be entrusted to you." ”

He Lao's action seemed casual, but it was actually ceremonial solemnity, and everyone understood his deep meaning and couldn't help but be solemn. He actually said: I have entrusted the descendants of the He family to you, and I have entrusted the bloodline of the He family to you. Please make a breakthrough in science, so that Yangyang and all mankind can escape from this collapsed hell and let the civilization and blood of mankind continue. I know it's going to be difficult, and I don't see the slightest glimmer of hope right now, but you must work hard and never give up. Everyone saw a faint pathos in his expression. He Lao was moody, and this was the only emotional expression he had in the two contacts. Ma Shiqi and Chu Tianle were very moved, shook the child's hand hard, and said briefly:

"He Lao rest assured. We will do our best. ”

"Elder He, that's our responsibility."

Yang Yang smiled and added: "It's also my responsibility!" ”

He Lao and Yangyang are leaving. Reluctantly bidding farewell to everyone, everyone said goodbye at the gate of the hotel, watching the elongated red flag disappear on the winding mountain road.

[1]

The room where the telescope is located should not have any air conditioning, and the telescope should be kept in the same temperature as the outside to avoid atmospheric jitter caused by temperature differences.

[2]

Far stars have a large spectral redshift and do not require much dispersion to measure accurately.